Even the 356 used a VW engine, unsurprising given that the VW engine was a Porsche design in the first place. But they were Porsche's, not VW/Porsche's.
-Adam Jorgen at epixx wrote: > Aren't you forgetting the 914? Even if it was a Porsche, the most sold > version had a VW engine (the 411, later the two liter 412 engine), and they > were all called VW/Porsche. > > Jorgen > > > On 8/8/06 10:35 pm, "Adam Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Although Volkswagen and Porsche are closely connected, they are >>independant companies. Volkswagen's top end model back then was the >>Volkwagen not the 958 (I think you might be referring to the 928 here? >>The original front-engine Porsche design, not to be confused with the >>924 which was designed later but produced earlier and was riginally >>intended as a VW design). >> >>You should also note that the current 911 platform dates back to only >>1997 and was heavily updated a few years ago. The original 911 platform >>was built for decades, but ended its run in 1998 after being replaced by >>a completely different, water-cooled platform (the 996, replaced by the >>997 which is merely an evolutionary step from the 996). >> >>I'm not sure what VW sedan you're referring to as Porsche doesn't >>currently make a sedan. They have 2 mid-engine sportscars (the Cayman >>and Boxster) one rear engine sportscar (the 911), a Supercar (Carrera >>GT) and the SUV they developed with Audi/VW (the Touareg/Cayenne), which >>is probably more Porsche than VW. Porsche is currently floating a sedan >>concept though, as a 928 follow-on. >> >>The only Volkswagen Porsche ever made was the 924, which was originally >>designed for Volkswagen, but ended up being produced as a Porsche after >>VW decided not to go into production and Porsche bought-back the design. >> >>-Adam >> >> >> >>graywolf wrote: >> >>>I believe Volkswagon's top of the line model was the Porsche 958. >>>However I just checked the website and notice that except for the SUV >>>and a souped up VW sedan, Porsche no longer makes a front engined car. >>>However they still make several versions of the 911. If Pentax operated >>>like that there would be 6 versions of the Spotmatic in the current catalog. >>> >> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
